Lovely Hisiq

Welcome to Japan….

That’s the feeling that i have when i indulge the air of Japan. I really feel welcome to this "segoi" place. Arrived at 5.45pm (Japan time 6.45pm, one hour earlier), 29/10/2006 by MAS which took nearly 7 hours. A very nice flight where i met my old buddy from Matriks which on the same flight. What a suprise!! Guztyne, if u read this, maybe ko dah balik malaysia by now…

After a really tiring flight journey and a long que to pass the imigration (which take nearly an hour), we took a limousine bus from Narita to our hotel, Villa Fontain in Hakozaki. It took about an hour from Narita airport to the hotel….really tiring. We had maggi for dinner since everyone were damn tired! So hvg maggi dinner for me is not a big deal but maybe yes to my boss and another boss from marketing who havent had maggi for quite a long time…but it was interesting…they all enjoy it since everybody were starve to death….=p

30/10/2006

The very first morning air in Japan, after an early wake up, i had breakfast with the bosses and Yanagi-san from Sumitomo who came to fetch us. We’re heading to Yokohama and that was the first time we use the very convenient train in Japan. Most japanese travel by train and it connect almost every inch of Japan land…it’s very impressive. They don’t even need cars to travel. From Tokyo station to Tsurumi station near Yokohama it took about 30 minutes by Tokkaido Line. By paying 380 yen one way which equivalent to almost RM 12, is was quite expansive. RM 24 for return that makes us felt everything in Japan is expansive. maybe because of the currency 3 times higher than malaysian ringgit.

In Yokohama, we had meeting  and visited their plant. We had lunch in their office. It’s a very nice ‘bento’ or lunch box served complete with tempura seafood, lobsters, and vegie. It was very nice. Japan sunset at 4.30pm (3.30pm, M’sia time). But japanese never get back home at 5pm. The good attitude about them which make their country so fast developed was because they were very hardworking. Usually they will returm home by 9 or 10pm even for the government servant. They working up extra time WITHOUT overtime payment ok! that’s impressed me much!! No wonder they were so advanced in everything. They were very fast, very team oriented, very coorperative and hardworking.

That was my impression on the first day having the surrounded by Japanese people. After a tiring day, we go back to Tokyo city by train and having our first dinner of Tempura udon in the Tokyo Station.

31/12/2006

Having the same routine as yesterday, we were fetch by Rokukawa-san this time. Heading to Yokohama by train, we had a full day meeting and last discussion with our customer. Also discussing about my training schedule which was set to be next January 2007. yeahhh great laa sangat because that should be on winter. I am already freezing now in Autumn. Though the sun was there shining after u but the weather was cold esp during morning and night. I feel like i’m crying after taking my bath….sejuknyaaa!!! Ni belum winter lg!!

After we had sushi as our lunch, we finished the discussion. Then they brought us for dinner. So this time, we had italian dinner for the farewell dinner. So i had pizzza, spagegetti and a lot more…until no more can stuck into my mouth…ehehe..so they gave me a JAPANANESE FAN as a souvenir and it was so beautiful. I opened it as an honoured and appreciation to them. very much thanks to them…so we went back to the hotel with a memorable day with them though it was so damn tired!

1/11/2006 - 2/11/2006

These 2 days, we went to our customer office in Tsukiji by train. We came across Shinjuku and very near to Ginza. A heaven place for shopping. Stopping by the Fish Market in Tsukiji, we saw a fresh fish market just besi   de the river bank. That was cool bcos the foods there were absolutely fresh! So we had our serious meeting and discussion. Both these days was quite hectic and full of headache.

3/11/2004

Public holiday in Japan. So we took this oppurtunity to change out hotel from hakozaki in Tokyo City to Roppongi. Roppongi is a place which quite full of foreigner and embassy. So speaking english is not a big deal here. Before we check in which should be at 2.30pm, we had a tour to Nijubashi, Emporer Palace by subway train from Roppongi-Itchome station. We had a great time there to look at the beauty scenery at the garden palace. later on, we took a train back to Roppongi and we had a chance to see the Tokyo View City from the R$oppongi Hills. That was great to see a very developed city which is so crowded with buildings. After that we curry for lunch at the Roppongi Hills! siggghhhhh!!! after a week indulging the japanese foods.

We went back to the hotel after that, and we had a long rest. So we had this weekend to do some sightseeing.

4/11/2006

My boss’s adopted daughter came to bring us around. But that was on 2pm. before that, when i did my laundry, i was bumped into a guy from Malaysia, Khairul. What a suprise!! That was so happy when u live a in place where everthing was so strange to u and finally u found someone from the same country. We had a chat and i introduced him to my bosses. We became friend and from that moment, we had our meals together as he recommanded some restaurant. So we had Indian foods….at least…after that we had a walk to Roppongi Hill with a cold weather during the night…so Yukiko slept overnight at my hotel as it was already late…

5/11/2006

I went to Akihabara and Asakusa with Yukiko and Khairul as the bosses met the ppl from Matrade. So, it was quite fun without the boss…ehehe…jahatkan?? Takdelaaa cam segan skit…so i had a wonderful time in Akihabara finding all the electronic goods with duty free….but my purpose was only to buy the electronic dictionary. So, khairul and yukiko helped me to choose the good and suitable one for me. After we bought it with 13,500yen~RM400, we went to Asakusa by train.

It was fun in Asakusa as it is an old town full with history and cultural building/temple. There was a lot of ppl visiting that place. A lot of foods and souvenir/handicraft. I ate ’sembei’ a cracker made from rice and coated with seaweed. That was delicious hvg with japanese green tea.That was soooo cool!! So i visited the temple for a while and did some shopping. I bought 6 kimonos (something like yukata) for my family. It was fun….

Later on, we heading back to the hotel and i send yukiko home. That was a great day with Yukiko and Khairul….